Roanoke, Virginia: Refugee kills one wounds three
at manufacturing company, by Ann Corcoran 10/25/16
No wonder
Roanoke isn’t feeling very welcoming toward more refugees (remember
this story! ). Hey, all
you big companies looking for cheap refugee labor take note! We bring an awful
lot of refugees in to America with mental illnesses.
From WDBJ7 (Hat tip: Suzanne): ROANOKE, Va.
(WDBJ7) The man who shot and killed a person and shot three others at
FreightCar America has been identified as 53-year-old Getachew Fekede from
Kenya.
Polie on the
scene of this morning’s shooting in Roanoke. Shooter is a refugee former worker
at the FreightCar America facility there. Police say he died from a
self-inflicted gunshot would.
Three other
employees were shot. One of them has been released from the hospital. Roanoke
police say around 10 rounds were fired from a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.
Fekede last
worked at FreightCar America in March. [They make railroad cars—ed]. He arrived
at the building by bicycle, police say. Fekede came to Virginia in 2011 as part of a
refugee program.
No mention of
Fekede’s nationality (his resettlement contractor*** would know). We
don’t take Kenyans as refugees, but we take thousands of Somalis and other
African migrants (Sudanese, Ethiopians) who have re-located to Kenya. So
keep an eye out for more news about where he is really from and what his
religion might be. [Update: a reader tells us he is probably Ethiopian.]
Longtime
readers may remember the famous
failed kidnapping plot in Roanoke in 2009 where several refugees were found guilty of
attempting to kidnap one or more prominent women in the town and hold her/them
for ransom. Also we have
2,024 posts in our refugee crimes category, here. Commonwealth Catholic Charities is
responsible for refugees resettled in Roanoke.
Comments
Employers
have a responsibility to their employees not to hire crazy people. The workplace is a good vetting system and
co-workers will help identify “problem hires”.
That is why there is always a “probation period”. Employers also have a responsibility to
secure the workplace from intrusion by former employees who might be violent.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
No comments:
Post a Comment